Have You a Tiger In Your Family?

Rank : Private

Army Number : 12075

Unit : 2nd Bn

Biography :

Home address given as Whitwick, Leicestershire. Enlisted in Coalville, Leicestershire. Served with the 2nd Bn during World War One. Wounded in action during operations 6-8th January 1916. Died of wounds in Mesopotamia 16.2.1916. He is buried at War Cemetery, Iraq.

Home address is given as Golden Row, Talbot Street, Whitwick, Leicestershire. In letters to his wife, Pte Howe says he is going on well after a long and tiring time in the trenches. He was pleased to say that he had come through all right and was now having a rest. He will be glad he says, when the weather clears up, as they are up to their ankles in mud and it is very difficult to get about. He adds: "They could do with the Coalville County Council out here to repair the roads, or show them how to do it."

"Tell my son Edgar I hope he will take my advice and join the army to serve his King and Country, the same as his father has done. May God bless him and all the other children of mine. Tell Tommy Irons his cigars arrived safely and as me and my pals were smoking them we heard the Germans singing 'Auld Lang Syne'. Before we had finished smoking we started a different kind of music (rapid firing) and put their band out of action. "

"Tell Tommy we can beat them with this sort of music. I have a very good rifle with which I am able to shoot well. Roll on, old England, the land I was born in."

Place of Birth : Coalville, Leicestershire

Date of Death : 16.2.1916

Place of Death : Mesopotamia

Period of Service : 1910s

Conflicts : WW1

Places Served : France and Mesopotamia